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DJ Augustin being shopped? Marc Stein

In terms of those 108 offseason signees who become trade-eligible Saturday, at least three names are coming up repeatedly on the personnel grapevine: Indiana's D.J. Augustin, Phoenix's Michael Beasley and Boston's Courtney Lee. There's a reason for that, though: All three are seriously struggling.

Re: DJ Augustin being shopped? Marc Stein

I think the article is totally bogus. To say that someone is being shopped means that we are trying to make a sale. Simply not true. We are attempting to find a team that we can pay (i.e. reward) to take him. I think we all recognize this fact.

So, we aren't selling, Stein is totally wrong. In fact, I'm pretty sure we are engaging in some form of "disguised begging".

Re: DJ Augustin being shopped? Marc Stein

I think the article is totally bogus. To say that someone is being shopped means that we are trying to make a sale. Simply not true. We are attempting to find a team that we can pay (i.e. reward) to take him. I think we all recognize this fact.

So, we aren't selling, Stein is totally wrong. In fact, I'm pretty sure we are engaging in some form of "disguised begging".

You don't pay someone to take an expiring contract. We can just let him expire if nobody wants him.

Re: DJ Augustin being shopped? Marc Stein

Exactly. I don't know if people forget that DJ is an expiring contract. As an expiring he has some minimum value. There are a lot of bad GMs around the NBA that could want him.

He doesn't work as an expiring contract because the Pacers don't want to take back contracts with multiple years left on them. The team has to think that he will help their team this year, or they won't give up anything we would be interested in.